Concordia News

Concordia University, Nebraska has announced a new alignment of academic programs to enhance its College of Education. The college will be named the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences, effective July 1, 2015. Concordia has named Dr. Nancy Elwell dean of the college.

Concordia University, Nebraska honored Nancy Velder as the 2015 Outstanding Woman in Business at a celebratory luncheon on Tuesday, Feb. 24. The annual event recognizes the achievements and servant leadership of women in Seward County.

Rebuilding and restoring New Orleans was Concordia alumnus Kurt Jostes’ message during his presentation at Concordia on Feb. 23. Jostes’ presentation was open to the public and concluded with a question and answer session.

Concordia University, Nebraska has been ranked ninth in the list of Best College Dorms in America and 19th in Safest Colleges by Cappex, a website designed to help students research colleges. The results were part of Cappex’s 2015 Cappies, a compilation of more than 1.4 million student reviews of more than 2,000 colleges and universities.

The University Symphonic Band from Concordia University, Nebraska will perform at churches and schools throughout Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas during its annual tour. The band will perform March 5–14 on tour and at St. John Lutheran Church in its hometown of Seward, Nebraska, on March 22.

Five Concordia faculty members will exhibit original pieces of art in the Marxhausen Gallery of Art from Feb. 22 to March 27. There will be an opening reception on Sunday, March 1, from 1 to 4 p.m. with an artist talk at 2 p.m. in the gallery.

Concordia today announced that the university raised $42.3 million in gifts, pledges and deferred commitments during its Blessed to be a Blessing campaign, the second-largest campaign in the university’s history, which concluded on Dec. 31, 2014.

Students will present a play adaptation of Lois Lowry’s science fiction novel “The Giver” on Friday, Feb. 27, and Saturday, Feb. 28, at 7:30 p.m. and on Sunday, March 1, at 2 p.m. All performances will be in the Studio Theatre in the lower level of the Music Building.

Concordia University, Nebraska will host the Nebraska Intercollegiate Forensics Association state tournament on Saturday, Feb. 14. Five leaders from the Seward community will serve as judges for the Interstate Oratory final at 5:30 p.m. in the Weller Hall auditorium.

Students from Concordia will perform a play adaptation of Jack London’s book “The Call of the Wild” for the Seward Middle School at 2:15 p.m. on Feb. 11. The public is invited to attend the two other showings of the play at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 12 at the Seward Memorial Library and at 7 p.m. on Feb. 13 in the Thom Leadership Education Center auditorium at Concordia.

Concordia hosted two annual forensics tournaments for both college and high school speakers. The Sleet and Snow Swing Invitational Jan.17-18 brought in dozens of speakers from 13 colleges representing five states. The CUNE High School Speech Classic on Jan. 24 brought in high school speakers from 12 high schools.

Nearly 45 companies, nonprofit organizations and graduate schools will be represented at the 13th annual Career and Graduate Fair at Concordia University, Nebraska. The event will be open to students and the Seward community from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 6, in the Cattle Conference Room of the Janzow Campus Center.

"What Exactly Is Justice?” will be the message presented by Dr. Leopoldo Sánchez during a presentation at Concordia on Monday, Jan. 19, Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Sánchez’s presentation will begin at 10 a.m. in the Weller Hall auditorium. The address is open to the public and will conclude with a question and answer session.

The Center for Liturgical Art at Concordia University, Nebraska created a colorful 25-foot hanging sculpture and installed it at Corpus Christi Catholic School in Lawrence, Kansas, on Dec. 1. The sculpture supports the school’s motto, “Faith Seeking Understanding.”

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